Not only would retail and office workers want to quit their low wage jobs to beome tipped employees, so would all wage earners from nursing home employees to truck drivers and everyone in between. This would lead to all kinds of labor shortages across the board as everyone becomes a restaurant worker. We thought we recovered from supply chain issues but we will have created a severe labor shortage problem. This is a policy idea that will go nowhere fast.
Not only would retail and office workers want to quit their low wage jobs to beome tipped employees, so would all wage earners from nursing home employees to truck drivers and everyone in between. This would lead to all kinds of labor shortages across the board as everyone becomes a restaurant worker. We thought we recovered from supply chain issues but we will have created a severe labor shortage problem. This is a policy idea that will go nowhere fast.